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2022 WTA German Open – Singles
Ons Jabeur won the singles tennis title at the 2022 German Open after Belinda Bencic retired with an ankle injury from the final with the score at 6–3, 2–1. Liudmila Samsonova was the defending champion, but lost in the second round to Veronika Kudermetova Veronika Eduardovna Kudermetova (born 24 April 1997) is a Russian professional tennis player. She has a career-high singles ranking of world No. 9, achieved on 24 October 2022, and a best WTA doubles ranking of No. 2, reached on 6 June 2022. In .... Seeds Draw Finals Top half Bottom half Qualifying Seeds Qualifiers Qualifying draw First qualifier Second qualifier Third qualifier Fourth qualifier Fifth qualifier Sixth qualifier References External sources Main draw {{DEFAULTSORT:German Open - 1 [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Ons Jabeur
Ons Jabeur (born 28 August 1994) is a Tunisian professional tennis player. She has a career-high singles ranking by the WTA of No. 2, achieved on 27 June 2022, making her the highest-ranked African and Arab tennis player in WTA and ATP rankings history. Jabeur has won five singles titles on WTA Tour, including a WTA 1000 event at the 2022 Madrid Open, and has been runner-up at three majors. She is the first African and Arab woman to contest a major singles final. Jabeur was first exposed to tennis by her mother at three years old. She became pro in her teen years when she reached two junior major girls' singles finals at the French Open in 2010 and 2011, winning the latter and becoming the first African or Arab to win a junior major since 1964. After nearly a decade of playing primarily at the ITF level, she started competing more regularly on the WTA Tour in 2017. At the 2020 Australian Open, Jabeur became the first Arab woman to reach a major quarterfinal, a feat she repea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Kaia Kanepi
Kaia Kanepi (; born 10 June 1985) is an Estonian inactive professional tennis player. She achieved her career-high ranking of world No. 15 on 20 August 2012 and has won four singles titles on the WTA Tour. Described as a 'resident Grand Slam upset specialist' by ''The Guardian'' – with 19 wins over seeded players in the first week of Grand Slams; only two active players (Victoria Azarenka and Venus Williams) have more. She has also reached seven Grand Slam quarterfinals in all four championships (French Open in 2008 and 2012, Wimbledon in 2010 and 2013, the US Open in 2010 and 2017, and Australian Open 2022), becoming the first Estonian to achieve this and was the first Estonian to be ranked inside the world's top 15. Kanepi's numerous achievements have made her one of Estonia's most famous and successful professional tennis players in history. Kanepi reached her first final in 2006, becoming the first Estonian female player to do so, at the Gaz de France Stars where she lost t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Jil Teichmann
Jil Belén Teichmann (born 15 July 1997) is a Swiss professional tennis player. She has been ranked by the WTA as high as No. 21 in singles and No. 73 in doubles. She is the current No. 3 Swiss player. Teichmann has won two titles in singles and two in doubles on the WTA Tour, along with one WTA 125 doubles title. In addition, she won six singles titles and five doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. A former junior world No. 3, Teichmann won a major title in girls' doubles at the 2014 US Open. That year, she also won a gold medal for Switzerland in mixed doubles at the Summer Youth Olympics in Nanjing. Her breakthrough as a senior player came in May 2019 when she won her first WTA Tour title in Prague. In July of that year, she won another WTA tournament, after making her first top-10 win over Kiki Bertens. She continued progressing, in March 2021 reaching the semifinals of the WTA 1000 Dubai Championships. With these performances she entered the top 50. Later that y ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Ekaterina Alexandrova
Ekaterina Evgenyevna Alexandrova ( rus, Екатери́на Евге́ньевна Александро́ва, , jɪkətʲɪˈrʲinə ɐlʲɪksɐnˈdrovə; born 15 November 1994) is a Russian professional tennis player. She has won five WTA Tour singles titles, three WTA 125 titles and seven singles titles on the ITF Circuit. On 1 April 2024, she achieved her best singles ranking of world No. 15. On 26 September 2022, she peaked at No. 58 in the WTA doubles rankings. Personal life Since 2006, Alexandrova has been living and training in Prague, Czech Republic, with her parents and two siblings, a brother and a sister. They moved after travelling to the city for a youth tournament, attracted by the local availability of tennis courts compared to Russia. According to the player, the Russian Tennis Federation didn't know about her existence before 2016 and she has never been good enough to cause interest from the Czech Tennis Association in terms of citizenship switch. However, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Maryna Zanevska
Maryna Volodymyrivna Zanevska (; born 24 August 1993) is a Ukrainian-born Belgian former professional tennis player. She has a career-high singles ranking of world No. 62, achieved on 23 May 2022, and a WTA doubles ranking of 86, reached on 16 June 2014. Zanevska won one WTA Tour singles title and one title in singles and one in doubles on the WTA Challenger Tour. She also reached four WTA Tour doubles finals. Personal life Zanevska trained in Belgium since 2008, and resides in Namur. Born in Ukraine, she received Belgian citizenship in October 2016. Junior career Grand Slam performance Singles: * Australian Open: 3R (2010) * French Open: 3R (2011) * Wimbledon: 1R (2009) * US Open: 2R (2009) Doubles: * Australian Open: 1R (2009, 2010) * French Open: W (2011) * Wimbledon: 2R (2009) * US Open: W (2009) Career Zanevska won the 2009 US Open girls' doubles title with partner Valeria Solovyeva and the 2011 French Open girls' doubles title with Irina Khromacheva. She won h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Anhelina Kalinina
Anhelina Serhiyivna Kalinina ( ; born 7 February 1997) is a Ukrainian professional tennis player. On 22 May 2023, she reached her career-high WTA singles ranking of No. 25. She peaked at No. 92 in the doubles rankings in January 2025. She has won one singles title on the WTA Challenger Tour, as well as 15 titles in singles and three in doubles on the ITF Circuit. Career Juniors In 2014, Kalinina partnering with Elizaveta Kulichkova won the girls' doubles tournament at the Australian Open, defeating Katie Boulter and Ivana Jorović in the final. Later that year, she reached the final of the Junior US Open, losing to Marie Bouzková in straight sets. 2018: Major debut At the 2018 US Open, Kalinina had her singles main-draw debut in a Grand Slam tournament, after winning three matches in the qualifying. She defeated Elena-Gabriela Ruse in the first qualifying round, Tereza Martincová in round two, and finally Jaimee Fourlis, also in straight sets, and went on to win a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Tamara Zidanšek
Tamara Zidanšek (; born 26 December 1997) is a Slovenian professional tennis player. She has career-high rankings of world No. 22 in singles and No. 47 in doubles by the WTA, and has won one singles title and four doubles titles on the WTA Tour and three singles titles along with one doubles title on the WTA Challenger Tour. She has also won 17 titles in singles and six in doubles on the ITF Circuit. Playing for the Slovenia Fed Cup team, she has a win–loss record of 12–11. Career Juniors On the ITF Junior Circuit, she was in the top 20 and reached a career-high ranking of No. 16, achieved in December 2015. 2014: Professional debut Zidanšek made a perfect professional debut in 2014 at her home in Velenje, passing three qualifying rounds to go in the main draw and claim her first title on the pro-level at the age of 16. 2021: First major semifinal, top-50 debut, first top-10 win & WTA Tour title She reached the semifinals of a Grand Slam championship for the first ti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Alizé Cornet
Alizé Cornet (; born 22 January 1990) is a French professional tennis player. She has won six singles and three doubles titles on the WTA Tour, as well as three singles and three doubles titles on the ITF Women's World Tennis Tour, ITF Circuit. On 16 February 2009, she reached her highest WTA rankings, WTA singles ranking of world No. 11. Cornet has also made the second week at each of the four Grand Slam events, having reached the quarterfinals at the 2022 Australian Open, and the fourth round at the 2014 Wimbledon Championships, the 2015 French Open, 2015 and 2017 French Opens, and the 2020 US Open (tennis), 2020 US Open. She holds the record for the most Open Era tennis records – Women's singles#Consecutive titles, consecutive Grand Slam appearances with 69 and also in third place for Open Era tennis records – Women's singles#Career totals, overall appearances with 72. Cornet became known for defeating world No. 1 Serena Williams on three occasions in 2014. At the 2014 Du ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Anna Kalinskaya
Anna Nikolayevna Kalinskaya ( rus, Анна Николаевна Калинская, , ˈanːə kɐˈlʲinskəjə, Ru-Anna_Kalinskaya.ogg; born 2 December 1998) is a Russian professional tennis player. She reached career-high rankings of world No. 11 in singles on 28 October 2024, and No. 48 in doubles in May 2025. On the WTA Tour, she has won four doubles titles. She also has won one singles title on the WTA Challenger Tour, and seven singles and nine doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. Her best singles performance at a major event is reaching the quarterfinals at the 2024 Australian Open. She began her career at age 17 by winning the girls' doubles title at the 2016 Australian Open, alongside Tereza Mihalíková. Previously, she made the final at the 2015 French Open in the girls' singles event. She also made the final of the 2015 US Open in the doubles event, with compatriot Anastasia Potapova. In 2025, she won her biggest doubles title with Sorana Cîrstea at the WTA ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Jule Niemeier
Jule Niemeier (born 12 August 1999) is a German professional tennis player. She has a career-high WTA singles ranking of world No. 61, achieved on 7 November 2022. Career 2018–2019: WTA debut She made her WTA Tour main-draw debut as a wildcard at the 2018 Nürnberger Versicherungscup in doubles, partnering Lara Schmidt. She made her singles main-draw debut at the 2019 Nürnberger Versicherungscup, as a qualifier. 2021: Two WTA semifinals As a qualifier, Niemeier secured her first WTA Tour main draw wins at the Internationaux de Strasbourg, reaching the semifinals, where she lost in three sets to fifth seed and eventual champion Barbora Krejčíková. Having received a wildcard entry, she also made the semifinals at the Hamburg European Open, losing to Andrea Petkovic. As a result, she entered top 150 at world No. 140, on 12 July. On her Grand Slam tournament qualifying competition debut at Wimbledon, Niemeier reached the third round but lost to Lesley Pattinama Kerkhove i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Ann Li (tennis)
Ann Li (born June 26, 2000) is an American tennis player. She has a career-high WTA ranking of No. 44, and was the runner-up in the 2017 Wimbledon Championships girls' singles final. Personal background Li was born into a sports family. Her aunt was a professional speed skater in China. Her father played soccer in college, while her mother ran track in college. Career 2017 Li reached her first junior major singles final in 2017 at Wimbledon. In the first all-American girls' final since 1979, the unseeded Li lost to third seed Claire Liu, in three sets. Two weeks later, Li won her first professional title on the ITF Circuit, a $15k tournament in Evansville, Indiana. 2018 Li entered the Lexington Challenger where she defeated Renata Zarazúa, Julia Glushko, Anastasia Nefedova, Jessica Pegula, before losing to Asia Muhammad, in straight sets. She participated at the Landisville Challenge where she defeated former British No. 1, Heather Watson, and Wimbledon finalist, Sabine ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Wang Xinyu
Wang Xinyu (, ; born 26 September 2001) is a Chinese professional tennis player. Wang reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 32 on 9 October 2023, and set a doubles ranking of No. 16 on 20 May 2024. Partnering with Hsieh Su-wei, she won the women's doubles title at the 2023 French Open. She also won a silver medal in mixed doubles, alongside Zhang Zhizhen at the 2024 Summer Olympics. Personal life Wang was born in Shenzhen, Guangdong. Her father, Wang Peng (born in Hangzhou, Zhejiang), is a former head coach of the Shenzhen tennis team and the China Fed Cup team, Chinese women's national tennis team, but resigned from the latter to concentrate on his daughter's tennis career. Her mother was a former player in the Zhejiang women's basketball team. Both of them have devoted themselves to accompanying Wang everywhere. Wang showed great enthusiasm for tennis from early childhood and, coached by her father, she started playing properly at the age of five. Career 2018 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
